Car bombs kill 38 in Shiite areas of Baghdad

October 12, 2014 6:40 AM

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Nobody claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Sunni insurgents frequently target Shiite populations they consider to be heretics. The Islamic State group now holds a third of the country in its control.

A series of car bomb attacks in Iraq’s capital killed 38 people in Shiite areas Saturday, authorities said, after Islamic militants killed a journalist working for a local television network in a Sunni province.